Identifying the farming models underlying Flemish beef farmers' practices from an agroecological perspective with archetypal analysis

Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a valuable perspective to face the sustainability challenges of contemporary foods systems. Yet case-comparisons based on a holistic assessment of actual farmer practices have been lacking. In this paper, we seek to identify the different farming models underlying the sets of practices of Flemish beef farmers (Belgium). For this, we rely on 37 accounts of a diverse group of Flemish beef farmers. Their practices were gathered through semi-structured interviews. These practices were categorized along 36 Pathways of Action to pursue 13 agroecological prin... Mehr ...